Limo had her first successful locally at the 2009
Baringo 15K, where she placed third. The following year she ran at the
Kenyan Cross Country Championships, but was far down the field, finishing 46th. It was on the roads of France that she began to establish herself as a high calibre runner. She had top three finishes at the 2010 Nancy Half Marathon and
20 Kilomètres de Paris. She continued to focus on French races in the two subsequent years. Her first win came at the
20 Km de Tours in 2011 and in 2012 she marked her progress with a win at the
Humarathon half marathon in a best of 70:06 minutes and a win at the Paris 20K in 65:36 minutes. Limo gave her first sub-70-minute performance to win at the 2013
Rabat Half Marathon. She finished in top two of all her road races that year, bar a third-place finish at the Humarathon. She won the
Saint Denis Marathon and was runner-up at the Paris 20K and the
Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale. She moved on from the French circuit in the 2014 season, starting with a win at the
Madrid Half Marathon then a highly successful tour of American races which included numerous podium finishes, among them wins at the
Steamboat Classic,
Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon and runner-up finishes at the
Crim 10-Miler and
Boston Half Marathon, setting a new best of 68:24 minutes at the latter. She had her first win on home turf at the Baringo Half Marathon in November. She was the Hy-Vee half marathon winner associated with the
Drake Relays, was runner-up in Boston and at the
Luanda Half Marathon, Her success in American continued with wins at the
Cooper River Bridge Run,
Lilac Bloomsday Run and second-place finishes at the
Cherry Blossom 10-Miler,
Freihofer's Run For Women and
Utica Boilermaker. A month later she improved even further to 66:04 minutes at the Ras Al Khaimah race – a time which made her the third fastest woman ever for the distance. She gained selection for the
2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships as a result – her first international call-up – and was among the favourites, alongside Ngugi. In the race held in
Cardiff the five-woman Kenyan team formed the majority of the early leaders. After the halfway point only Limo, Ngugi and
Peres Jepchirchir remained. Limo was beaten in a
sprint finish by the less experienced Jepchirchir. The trio earned the Kenyan women the team title and Limo helped complete a podium sweep with Jepchirchir and Ngugi. ==International competitions==